The Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) has called for the resignation of the five
governors who defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All
Progressives Congress (APC), calling their action a show of shame.
In a Press Statement yesterday by its Publicity Secretary, Honourable Bari Salau, UPN described the cross-carpeting by the “PDP-7” as an immoral act that demonstrated lack of respect for the electorate.
Although recognizing the individual’s inalienable right to freely associate and hold and canvass political opinions as enshrined in Section 40 of the Nigerian Constitution, UPN insisted that politicians who are elected into office should be careful at manipulating the power they hold in trust for the people.
“If a Governor is elected on the platform of a political party, the honourable thing for that Governor to do is to respect the mandate given to him by the people and complete the tenure under the platform of that party; or else he should quit the post if he thinks that he no longer believes in the party under which he was elected,” the statement said.
In the words of the party: “The amalgam of the APC and the governors of the new-PDP is a show of shame that calls for Nigerians to soberly reflect on Nigerian politics. For elected governors to cross-carpet to another party, without respect for their electorate, demonstrates political rascality that should not be condoned in our polity.”
Lamenting that no ounce of altruism or national interest featured in the governors’ action, UPN said it had been about the aggrieved politicians’ personal interests.
The embryonic party complained: “In their negotiations and merger talk, all issues on the table revolved around power and position, with no mention made of the interest of the people of Nigeria. With this current amalgamation, Nigerians now know that APC and PDP are birds of the same feather with their difference akin to only six and half-a-dozen.”
According to the statement, when fully registered, the Unity Party of Nigeria will hold the feelings of the people and their mandate sacrosanct.
UPN said that the current hiccups in the political landscape have justified the emergence of an ideological party that, rather than acquire political power for selfish ends like PDP and APC, will be committed to service to the people.
In UPN’s own words: “The time for liberation is almost here, where the people of Nigeria will have the opportunity to build UPN as a party of the people by the people for the people. We want our people to take solace in the fact that when they are pushed to the wall, as they now are, they can tap into the wisdom of their heroes past to take their destiny into their hands. And that is what UPN is all about.”
In a Press Statement yesterday by its Publicity Secretary, Honourable Bari Salau, UPN described the cross-carpeting by the “PDP-7” as an immoral act that demonstrated lack of respect for the electorate.
Although recognizing the individual’s inalienable right to freely associate and hold and canvass political opinions as enshrined in Section 40 of the Nigerian Constitution, UPN insisted that politicians who are elected into office should be careful at manipulating the power they hold in trust for the people.
“If a Governor is elected on the platform of a political party, the honourable thing for that Governor to do is to respect the mandate given to him by the people and complete the tenure under the platform of that party; or else he should quit the post if he thinks that he no longer believes in the party under which he was elected,” the statement said.
In the words of the party: “The amalgam of the APC and the governors of the new-PDP is a show of shame that calls for Nigerians to soberly reflect on Nigerian politics. For elected governors to cross-carpet to another party, without respect for their electorate, demonstrates political rascality that should not be condoned in our polity.”
Lamenting that no ounce of altruism or national interest featured in the governors’ action, UPN said it had been about the aggrieved politicians’ personal interests.
The embryonic party complained: “In their negotiations and merger talk, all issues on the table revolved around power and position, with no mention made of the interest of the people of Nigeria. With this current amalgamation, Nigerians now know that APC and PDP are birds of the same feather with their difference akin to only six and half-a-dozen.”
According to the statement, when fully registered, the Unity Party of Nigeria will hold the feelings of the people and their mandate sacrosanct.
UPN said that the current hiccups in the political landscape have justified the emergence of an ideological party that, rather than acquire political power for selfish ends like PDP and APC, will be committed to service to the people.
In UPN’s own words: “The time for liberation is almost here, where the people of Nigeria will have the opportunity to build UPN as a party of the people by the people for the people. We want our people to take solace in the fact that when they are pushed to the wall, as they now are, they can tap into the wisdom of their heroes past to take their destiny into their hands. And that is what UPN is all about.”
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